a little garden blog, for those with big dreams and little garden spaces.

Welcome to MonPetit Bleu! The little blue garden created with love over the past 17 years using what was here, what was given to me, borrowed or traded and bought at the best possible price, transforming into a beautiful, lush and relaxing garden paradise.

WHAT IS HYDROPONIC GARDENING

Sunday, December 21, 2014

SALTED PUMPKIN PIE

How does SALTED PUMPKIN PIE sound?

Interesting at the best. With the landslide of recipes now that are including salted caramel on them, I thought that a salted pumpkin recipe would resonate somewhere in there. But here is the real scoop on it.

This Thanksgiving my sister prepared a beautiful dinner for all of us. A total of 21 people.

The atomosphere was as always full of excitement and laughter.

Anticipation of game time afterwards for the kids and of course game time all day for the guys.

The first indication that something had gone terribly wrong with the dinner preparation was noted in the last few steps. She was putting together her own variation of the Waldorf Salad made with marshmallow,cranberries grapes,and celery when it was noted that something was off.

Salty, the whip cream was salty. At first it was perplexing. But then quickly realized that there had been a great error.

EVERYTHING THAT HAD BEEN MADE WITH SUGAR WAS SALTY AS THE SUGAR BIN HAD BEEN FILLED WITH SALT INADVERTANTLY!

At first there was a little finger pointing, but no time for that, the dinner had to be served and she made a spectacular recovery. No one would have ever known as the dinner was perfect. Served with love and enjoyed by all.

The testing of all the desserts came later.

What would the SALTED PUMPKIN PIE taste like?

How about the PECAN PIE?

We decided to let the young men try it as they are the consumers of most of the pies anyway.

THE VERDICT came...guilty on all accounts! All the pies including the pecan, because the pecans had been rolled in salt, were tossed into the garbage.

The amazing thing is that it did not ruin our day, it was like the story of the Grinch who stole Christmas, and these last few lines:

He HADN'T stopped Christmas from coming! IT CAME!Somehow or other, it came just the same!And the Grinch, with his grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow,Stood puzzling and puzzling: "How could it be so?""It came with out ribbons! It came without tags!""It came without packages, boxes or bags!"And he puzzled three hours, till his puzzler was sore.Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before!"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store.""Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"

It's not the food that makes our gatherings wonderful and blessed it is the love that is shared.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Only Natural Pet

FOR YOUR PET

CERTAIN TRUTH

As a medical professional, I am aware of some diseases that unfortunate people do come down with that have what is termed "CERTAIN PROGNOSIS" which in short means that there is no cure and they will soon die. While I have come to respect that term, I have also seen many defy this "CERTAINTY"

Another CERTAIN fact has been coming to my attention lately. That of the benefits of TURMERIC. Now this is not one of those flash fads that come and go. Turmeric is an ancient spice that has been used in many countries for centuries. One such country is India, where it has been shown to have the lowest incidence of Alzheimers disease. This correlation is also documented in other studies. My point is, if this spice has the remotest chance of preventing such a disease llike Alzheimers and all we have to do is put it on our food....WHY WOULDN'T WE? This is what I am calling a 'CERTAIN TRUTH" I don't often believe in trends or hype or fads, so for me to say this is probably a truth then you can trust that I am telling the truth. Do your own research and I am sure you will find the same results as I did. Alzheimers disease is just as devastating to someone and their family as any cancer is.